Chandaria Industries Ltd.

Stationery & Paper Items

Nairobi, Kenya

At Chandaria Industries Limited, we produce a wide range of paper products. These are available at all leading supermarkets and retail shops across Kenya. The Chandaria Group of Industries is a family-owned business (with the three key players being Maganlal and his two sons, Dinesh and Mahesh) that relies on a strong professional team being involved in every sector of specialization.

Chandaria Industries is the largest company within Chandaria Group’s portfolio and was established on 1st May 1964. The company started out as a small Tissue Converting operation and today is the largest Tissue and Hygiene products manufacturer in Kenya, East and Central Africa. It is also the only Tissue and Hygiene products manufacturer in Kenya that manufactures its products 100% in Kenya and therefore living by one of the company’s core values of “Buy Kenyan, Build Kenya!”.

Chandaria Industries is also the largest recycler of paper waste for tissue manufacturing, making it one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable businesses in the region. The company has saved over 22 million trees by recycling paper waste over the last 33 years.

It’s state of the art recycling and waste management systems, processes and technology have made it a global case study with leading international education institutions and an outstanding example of corporate sustainability for other corporates worldwide.

The business is managed by the Group Managing Director, Mr. Mahesh Chandaria and his 2 sons Darshan Chandaria (Group CEO) and Neer Chandaria (Group Sales & Marketing Director).

By purchasing Chandaria Industries products you get value for money, protect the environment and you are also supporting more than 20,000 people who work in the paper waste collection and distribution sector.

A committed team of senior, middle and junior managers ensure a drive of excellence in all the departments such as global research, production, sales and marketing and finance. It is a force to be reckoned with in the printing, packaging and paper converting sector with exports to Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and other countries besides local sales. It obviously did not start that way.

Maganlal M. Chandaria founded the company in Mombasa in 1947. The company manufactured paper drinking straws using a converting machine (operated by Mr. Chandaria himself), followed by the manufacture of adding machine rolls, toilet paper, teleprints and other products before the re-location to Nairobi in 1974.

In 1985, the volumes of demand justified the installation of paper mill to manufacture various grades of paper and tissue. In 1987, the group purchased Kenya Paper Mills from Lonrho. Madhupaper was added to the group in 1988.

Tanpack Tissues in Tanzania is a recent addition to the group. The portfolio also includes Colour Packaging (which makes specialized products for a niche market), Guardian Bank, etc.

Our Mission Statement

Our goal at Chandaria Industries Ltd. is to continually improve our environmental performance, at the same time provide our clients with qualitypaper & tissue products from sustainable and recyclable paper.